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We all understand just how bad this team is so this isn't an article beating a dead horse (or a dead team). Rather than rehash the train wreck of our team and season, I'm wondering about where we need to go from here. Like a lot of people my first reaction is that we should fire everyone and cut a bunch of deadbeat players. But as much as that "feels good" in the short term, when you think about it, it may not be the best way to truly get us a rock solid team. We all know how some teams have mortgaged their future by over-reacting and putting themselves in a cycle of failure that produces worse teams and seasons, instead of thoughtfully fixing what's truly needing fixing.

One thing we know, is that we can't begin to get better until we take action. It's like a sickness where you don't begin to get better until you undergo the surgery. But you can do thoughtful surgery that makes you better, or you can do surgery with a chain saw. One gets you better, soonest. The other...

With a twin brother, creating your own identity is extraordinarily difficult. Your accomplishments mush together with theirs. The Chicago Bear's defensive line draftees Ego Ferguson and Will Sutton share this conundrum. Both selections were made to bolster the porous run game from a year ago, a run game that allowed, on average, 5.2 YPC and overall permitted 2,583 rushing yards in 483 attempts earning them the equivalent of the NFL Darwin Award, a last place run defense.

Despite the friendship created in their shared space during rookie mini-camp, despite their addition as defensive linemen, despite their size similarities, 6'0" 315 lbs Will Sutton and 6'2" 309 lbs Ego Ferguson, the two boys possess different play styles and deserve separate grades.

Fourth and Eight from the Bears 48 yard line. 46 seconds on the clock. Fourth Quarter. Aaron Rodgers takes the snap in shotgun formation. As the ball escapes the center’s paws and flips backward toward Rodgers, the Packers offensive line crumbles. Julius Peppers penetrates the left side and reaches out with his right arm in a maddening effort to bring Rodgers down and seal the game. Rodgers scrambles to his right and evades Peppers paw. Scanning downfield, Rodgers floats the ball to the ten yard line to a wide open Randall Cobb. Conte, caught off guard, scrambles to close the distance. At the five yard line he catches up but momentum is too much and his tackle propels Cobbs into the end zone and into the playoffs.

For the next two months, Bear Nation hates the Conte’s name as they hate hell and all safeties and so when the draft approached, the calls were for Conte’s head or at the very least his replacement. The wise men in NFL circles predicted an early selection of Calvin...

“With the 13[sup]th[/sup] pick of the 2014 NFL Draft, the St Louis Rams select [DRAMTIC PAUSE] Aaron Donald Defensive Tackle from the University of Pittsburgh.” Goodell’s utterance at Radio City Music Hall sent seismic waves of sighs and curses across Chicago Bear nation, the universal mock draft selection for the Chicago Bears taken one pick before our golden opportunity. Since then Donald’s performance with the Rams has increased the disappointment of this draft robbery, and all Bears fans can do is remain firm in their belief that had AD been available at the 14[sup]th[/sup] overall pick, the Bears would have selected him.

Unfortunately, hypotheticals carry no weight in the NFL. With Aaron Donald out of the mix, the Bears used their 2[sup]nd[/sup] and 3[sup]rd[/sup] round picks to bolster their defensive front by selecting the next best thing, Will Sutton.
Will Sutton, the closest comparative player to Donald, has taken a total of 248 snaps with the Chicago Bears this year and...

1- Willie Young- 5th in the league in sacks. Big time bargain. Houston should do the right thing and swap contracts with him.

2- Kyle Fuller- This kid is a stud. And he's only a rookie. We don’t win the SF game without him. He’s the ONLY difference between 3-5 and 2-6.

3- Brian De la Puente- Nice to know we already have a replacement in waiting for the pillar that is Roberto Garza. He arguably should be starting ahead of Garz now.

4- Michael Ola- Great find by the Bears. He has looked and played the part thus far. Should have been starting ahead of Mills all along by his play. Now his time has come. He’s our RT the rest of the way I hope, if they do indeed move Mills inside.

5- Pat O’Donnell- Is it sad a punter made the list? Yes. But something tells me 10 years from now when he's still our very good punter I won't regret putting him on here. It's just sad that Jared Allen and Houston aren't...

(This is not how I wanted to start things. I love the Chicago Bears more than anything in life. I live for Chicago Bears football. But I have to clear the bad stuff out of my head in order to see the light heading into Lambeau on November 9th. I promise my next blog will be more positive. So thanks for reading if you do, and I'm glad to be here).

Yeah I said it. Eat dirt. Sorry Lamarr Houston...after pulling off the most embarrassing a month for an NFL player ever next to maybe Adrian Beaterson, I had to steal one of your GENIUS lines! Only your line works much better for my beef than yours. Telling off Bears fans when they boo at an 0-3 team at home? Get over yourself, dude.

I think Bears beat writer Michael C. Wright nailed it when he surmised that Bears fans DESERVE BETTER. We do. I think we are the BEST FANS IN THE WORLD.

Too many guys making WAY too much money on the Bears 53 for us fans to be suffering...

I keep seeing this team is inconsistent, not sure I agree considering they are now 0-4 at home, that's about as consistent as you get isn't it? Team is only as good as it's weakest link, and today everything was weak but ST's, Ratliff and Forte.

Bears O: looking over the box score you'll see the team fumbled 3 times and lost 2 and recovered 2, they also had 1 int. You'll also notice that Cutler was the cause of 3 of those, and 1 lost, that's another multiple TO game for Cutler and the Bears overpaid offense(all of it not just Cutler) again failed to produce points that are consistent with the money they are paid. 2 of those TO's were in Bears Territory and resulted in 10 points, considering the final score was 27(-10) 17 to 14 it made a huge difference. Bears again got away from the run game early(14 total attempts), against a team like SF or the Jets I get, but not sure why they didn't want to try and run on the Phin's. Signs were not good when on the first possession they...

Wow that was a pleasant surprise, with the top 4 lb's out along w/Tillman being one would have thought the 2nd best NFL O in the league would be able to carve up the Bears D, that didn't happen. The Bears O had the closest thing to a complete game as they've had all season also.

Bears O: Cutler finally had a complete game, no int's a td, and more importantly no really poor passes. Forte had another 150+ total yards, 80 rushing 77 receiving, more importantly he did it running inside and outside. DaOD, Jeffery and Marshal all had good games. I think the biggest thing today was the spreading of the field, not everything was short passes which would allow the D to compress down, and it didn't. This is the O I would have expected to see against Car and Buff, and if this O had shown up this team would be 5-1 right now. Now this is a bad D, and I would have liked to see a little more scoring, but baby steps and there is a lot of fooball left.

sigh. How do you go up 21-7 right before the half, decide to play prevent D and then give up the TD and lose the game? Some will blame the D, or Tucker, others will blame Cutler or the int's or the refs and the penalties; reality is this was a complete team loss top to bottom on a team that they should have demolished b/c of how the D played early, but this O cannot seem to score enough fast enough to put teams away.

Bears O: This O has more money then any other team in the NFL, while it shouldn't be asked or necessarily expected to put up 30+ points a game, it should be able to also, and it should be able to put up more then 24 points when the D hands them 14. While most teams 24 points should be enough to win, reality is w/the makeup of this D it's not and with the talent of this O it shouldn't be expected to just score 24. The entire O went small ball relying heavily on Forte and short passes and the Car D compressed down and shut down any YAC b/c they didn't fear any kind of...

As we all over react to our beloved Bears taking a yet another pounding at home to the much hated Packers, look around, it's not just the Bears having a bad/disappointing year. Take a look at the standings one quarter into the season and tell me this is what you expected?

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